English Dictionary

feng shui

IPA（発音記号）

/fʌŋˈʃweɪ/

名詞

中国語 不可算名詞 広義

(Chinese mythology) A system of spiritual energies, both good and evil, present in the natural features of landscapes.

日本語の意味

風水: 自然界に存在する良い気や悪い気といった霊的エネルギーが、土地や環境に宿ると考えられ、それらを調和させることで人間の運気や健康に良い影響を与えるとされる、中国発祥の伝統的な環境論

The architect consulted a feng shui master to position the garden where the spiritual energies of the landscape would be most harmonious.

建築家は、景観に宿る吉凶の霊的エネルギーが最も調和する場所に庭を配置するために風水の専門家に相談した。

意味（1）

(Chinese mythology) A system of spiritual energies, both good and evil, present in the natural features of landscapes.

On my telling two missionaries here lately that this Government would not allow a road to be made to their coal mines because it would obstruct the Feng-shui, they only laughed at it. … The upper classes may have Feng-shui, and use it when it suits them, as the Government do; but they also, when it suits their purpose, have no difficulty in overcoming the Feng Shui.

意味（2）

(by extension) An ancient Chinese system of geomancy used to design buildings and graves, and to determine the spatial arrangement of things, according to rules about the flow of energy, aimed at achieving harmony with the environment, promoting good fortune and wealth, etc.

Feng-Shui has long been the puzzle of European residents in China. It is the principle which is given as a reason for every opposition to modern improvements, and which commands the devotions of the Chinese to such an extent that they will commit murder to avenge its neglect. … This Feng-Shui is, however, nothing more than the development of the principles enunciated in the Yih-king, and expounded by Confucius. … Therefore, Feng-Shui requires the tombs of the deceased to be on specially fortunate ground, where there shall be a proper combination of male and female, the male being represented by hilly country, the female by gently undulating ground. At the junction of these two grounds, where they form a bend like the elbow of a man's arm, is the propitious site for tombs and also for cities. Such a site has been chosen for the city of Canton.